Mr Abney
mrabney.bsky.social
Mr Abney
@mrabney.bsky.social
Reflections on contemporary politics, history, and other assorted weird stuff. I can be contacted at contactmrabney@gmail.com. You can read my writing at https://mrabney.substack.com/

'I am a man as other men are.'
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“Capitalist logics, rooted in private property, will always favour the concentration of land ownership. This is why we must build a new countryside rooted not in the demands of capital accumulation but in the demands of people & planet.”

- @alexheffron.bsky.social
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Class struggle in the British countryside—resisting land grabbing and forging the alternative
A short article articulating the need for a new struggle over land in Britain that focuses on both resisting land grabs and building an alternative to the status quo
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January 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
As a friend recently said to me, if you haven't done anything wrong, then what, pray tell, is the point of resigning?
January 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Interested in the latest on the Tulip Siddiq saga? Here is a piece about exactly that: mrabney.substack.com/p/ok-fine-i-...
January 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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The gerontocracy gives us one last cringe before 2025:
Gerontocracy Gives Us One Last Cringe Before 2025
VIDEO: 74 year old congressman could barely speak in painful TV appearance today
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December 31, 2024 at 1:26 AM
The recent allegations against City Minister, Tulip Siddiq, if nothing else expose he awkward 'have it both ways' attitude to her aunt's corrupt and authoritarian govt in Bangladesh. I explore this relationship to date in the linked piece: mrabney.substack.com/p/weve-got-t...
We've got the power (or used to)
Tulip Siddiq and Bangladesh
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December 31, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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Since October 7, 2023, Sondos Sabra has kept a diary of the genocide. These entries serve as a window into her life and the universal Gazan story of what it means to survive. "I remember that I remember, and I will not have that memory erased." mondoweiss.net/2024/11/diar...
Diaries from north Gaza: one woman’s story of survival
Since October 7, 2023, Sondos Sabra has kept a diary of the genocide. These entries serve as a window into her life and the universal Gazan story of what it means to survive. “I remember that I rememb...
mondoweiss.net
December 2, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Yes, that's right. I'm here. An opening piece on the Campaign Against Antisemitism and the Charity Commission. open.substack.com/pub/mrabney/...
A match made in heaven
The CAA and the Charity Commission
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November 29, 2024 at 3:04 AM
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NEW | A slightly meta-newsletter about The Guardian leaving X...

X-ODUS?
What does The Guardian's decision to stop posting on X mean for the media's relationship with the social network formerly known as Twitter?

brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/x-odous
X-odous?
What does The Guardian's decision to stop posting on X mean for the media's relationship with the social network formerly known as Twitter?
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 15, 2024 at 10:14 AM
The truth is that very little was known of Mr Abney's pursuits or temper'. M.R. James, 'Lost Hearts' (1904).
November 15, 2024 at 7:38 PM